Research data from University of California, Department of Surgery update understanding of pancreatic cancer

A new study, "Accuracy of staging node-negative pancreas cancer: a potential quality measure," is now available. In this recent report published in the journal Archives of Surgery, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To determine the optimal number of lymph nodes to examine for accurate staging of node-negative pancreatic adenocarcinoma after pancreaticoduodenectomy. : Data from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program (1988-2002) were used to identify 3505 patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, including 1150 patients who were pathologically node negative (pN0) and 584 patients...

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